THOOTHUKUDI: Thoothukudi SIPCOT police arrested two persons, including a 44-year-old woman, for impersonating an IAS officer. Sources said, a woman claiming to be of the Uttar Pradesh cadre of the IAS and assistant secretary to the education department in Uttar Pradesh, lodged a complaint with SP Albert John over a money dispute during the weekly grievance meet at the district police office.
She urged him to recover a huge sum of money from an individual from Pudukottai. However, the SP grew suspicious due to her contradicting statements, and refusal to produce an identity card. He ordered a check on her whereabouts and claims.
Subsequently, the district crime branch identified the woman as Mangayarkarasi (44) of Thalaiyuthu, who was a native of Uthampatti in Dindigul and not an IAS officer. Her accomplice Rubinath (42) belonged to the same village in Tirunelveli, and was a BJP functionary, said sources.
